January 15th, 2008 by
German weekly Der Spiegel quoted a confidential Berlin government report as forecasting that the Galileo navigation satellite system will cost at least EUR1.5 billion more than the EU Commission believes. The report was rejected by the German government as well as by the Commission.
Category: BUSINESS | No Comments »
January 15th, 2008 by
Measat Satellite Systems Sdn Bhd, Malaysia, announced the expansion of its satellite network into Africa with the commissioning of the Africasat-1 (f.k.a. MEASAT-1) satellite at the 46 degrees East orbital location.
Category: SATELLITES | No Comments »
January 15th, 2008 by
The Thor 5 (a.k.a. Thor II-R) telecommunications satellite, built by Orbital Science Corporation for Telenor of Norway, has arrived in Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, where it will be readied for its February launch atop a Proton.
Category: LAUNCHES | No Comments »
January 15th, 2008 by
The Sea Launch team has arrived at its launch site on the Equator and is preparing for the launch of the Thuraya-3 mobile communications satellite aboard a Zenit-3SL on 15 January.
Category: LAUNCHES | No Comments »
 |
